Workmen's advocate., 1887-05-14
PlTTSBURG, PA.
\ Lively Socialist Reyiyals Walter
 Nro0man the Boy Socialist"

III lhls city Tor years. The agitation has been confined in the past too much to the German population we having no English-speaking Section in the city. At the regular meeting of our Section last Sunday. we decided to arrange some | open air mass meetings to be addressed l by Walter w, Nrooman. of Kansas City, who is on his way to New York Tues day night large crowd assembled in front of the $. s. Market House, in re sponse to the call and good deal of newspaper abuse. Frank Gesner, editor of Ihe Glass lIorker, was chosen preSi- | dent, and he introduced Mr. Nrooman, who began with great energy to expose, | demollsh and tear to pieces the miuuit ous and degrading institutions that com pose our present false civilization. The large crowd was composed largely of | curiosity seekers. conservatives and passerS-by but he opened up on them with such a thumder-bOt of facts, ora tory and unanswerable arguments that the crowd soon became enthusiastic, in. terrupting the speaker often with ap- | plallse and laughter. The proposed ex- tradition treaty with Russia and Ireland was exposed with such force and em. phasls that a thrill of shame passed through all who prided themselves with citizenship in a free country. a home and refuge for the down-trodden and oppressed of the world The absolute ridiculousness of the teachings of the popular political economists and of the press, the preachers and politicians, were made plain in such n laughable manner that even the squad of policemen, sent to keep all eye on this dangerous man from the West, were heard smiling out loud.
 The speaker said that he was born within hundred miles of the exact centre of this American republic, that his ancestors as far back as could be tla1ed were Americans, he said that he could not talk Dutch, drink beer, nor eat limbnrger cheese,' but that he was stlll n Socialist. These things have noth ing To do with Socialism. Socialism is the science that treats of social growth and development, A Socialist is an ob- server of tendencies. He sees the direc- ton in which the different currents and forces of modern society are drifting. Blacl is black, white is white, and two and two make four in Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe and America, just the same, and these laws that govern social growth are no different in the different places mentioned And because these universal truths were first observed by a resident of Europe they are none the less valuable to apply to our affairs. We tuI ah blt of remember that Jesus Christ was not an ludian, that Calico, Newton, Harry, and thousands of others whose discovery of truths and our application of those truths, hayo been of great service to us, were foreigners. This twaddle and non sense given Us worklngmen by empty headed editors and preachers who eat roast beef, fried chicken, and Goughnuts three times a day, about foreigners, should prevent us no longer from nves- tigating that science and that truth most necessary to our welfare.
 After showing that the worker must gain for himself that which he desires that "whO would be free, himself must strike the blow," the meeting was ad
 journed. Wednesday night the market square was crowded, there being twice the number present that came the night before. The railroad system, the lanc system, the money system. the religious system, the industrial system and poit cal system, under which we live, wer, all dissected and found wanting, and the cooperative system of the future was described, Thursday night the crowc was much larger and more enthusiastic especially when free speech was being advocated and the trial of the seven mef ill Chicago, condemned.
 The speaker dwelt upon the total inse. curity of the workingman' condition ano :. showed how the greed and extreme av-
 arice of wealthy men was in grea
 measure caused by the fear of want anC f that their children will become poor , After winding up with a grand perora
 ton on the future State, the harmoniou
 arrangements of all it's parts, the happi ness and security of its people and th' great possibilities that lay m store fo the human family when the artiticia = hindrances to progress are removed, th' , meeting was dismissed
 [ Nrooman has decided to stay yet sev
 eral days and hold some meetings in diff ferent parts of the city. We expect t 5 organize an English-speaking Sectiol l before he goes away. Greatly encour aged and hopeful for the future, l all Il yours, fraternally, OSWALD KUHN. , LATER. May 10.-While speaking i
 the Market place at Allegheny last night Vrooman was the object of ''demo E cratic warlike demonstration, which P growing violent, induced detectives t c arrest the speaker ''to save him from th d mob, as they said. Nevertheless, e charge of disorderly conduct was CT
 tered again | him mot the mob and h was held to forfeit fifty dollars. Next !